[johnc]

Thanks. I am painfully aware that I wuss out at value betting situations and don't get as much out of draws as I can if at all. My intentions are not to start playing small suited connectors up front but mainly incorporate them into middle & later postion play. I still however, see that playing off suit big cards except AK, AQ, maybe KQ in the face of raises or potential raises after coming in cannot be profitable under these circumstances - they're too easy to crack in multiway pots unless you can see the flop cheap (which is typically not possible ie. live straddles, ect.). The posts in this thread have given me alot of insight and I trying to get away from the "TPTK survival til the river mentality" and start putting the heat to my strong draws so I can get payed when they do hit.